There were 766 thousand International tourists are classified according to their country of residence, not their citizenship. Notice the difference between “guest nights” and “guest”. One guest may have several guest nights. at Norwegian The numbers refer to hotels, short-term holiday dwellings, camping sites, and youth hostels. in February 2025. Compared to February last year, this was an increase of 10 percent according to new figures from the accommodation statistics.
– Never before has so many foreign guest nights been registered in February. It was the growth in foreign guest nights that contributed to the record, says senior adviser Kristin Aasestad at Statistics Norway.
Increase in guest nights from Great Britain and China
There were most foreign guest nights from Denmark. One of five foreign guest nights in February was done by Danish guests. Great Britain followed and then Sweden contributed with the third most foreign guest nights.
In February the increase was greatest for the number of guest nights from Great Britain. There were 97 thousand British guest nights, an increase of 19 thousand compared to February last year. There was also a strong increase in guest nights from China. There were almost 29 thousand Chinese guest nights in Februrary this year, an increase of 13 thousand guest nights compared to same period last year.
There were 1.5 million Norwegian guest nights, a decrease of 1.5 percent compared to February last year. The number of Norwegian guest nights in February has not been this low since 2022.
Regional differences
In February there was an increase in guest nights in several counties compared to February last year. The increase was largest in Oslo, followed by Vestland and Troms. In Oslo there were 24 thousand more guest nights compared to same period last year. Vestland had an increase of about 12 thousand guest nights and in Troms there was almost 11 thousand more. The increase in all three counties was mainly caused by the growth in foreign guest nights.
Parts of the increase in Nordland is caused by the fact that some hotels that are included in the sample now were not included in the survey in 2024, even though they were in operation in February 2024.